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Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
Artist
Unidentified Artist
(American)
The Horse with the Longest Hair in the World
Date1890-1900
MediumOil on wood
DimensionsSight: 17 5/8 × 24 in. (44.8 × 61 cm)
Object numberN0040.1958
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Museum Purchase
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis horse may seem the product of an artist's fancy, but he was an actual horse, a stallion of Printer, Clydesdale, and French or Percheron blood. According to the previous owner of the painting, the horse was owned by Martin E. Williams, a veterinarian in Chatham, New York, and had a mane that was 14 feet long and a tail that was 12 feet long. The horse was shown at fairs and other events from about 1875 to 1900. With his silvery tresses carefully arranged, the horse created a sensation among people visiting the shows.Exhibition History“American Folk Art: Collection from the Fenimore Art Museum,” Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, January 25, 2001 – March 24, 2001.
On View
Not on view
c. 1940
c. 1940
